Clyde ‘Dizzy’ Kirkendall, one of softball’s all-time great hurlers, pitched on five world championship teams during a spectacular fast-pitch career which started and ended in Findlay. Kirkendall joined the Toledo Crimson Coaches in 1933, capturing first world title with the Glass City squad in 1935 by winning five of the six games necessary to take the crown. Following his greatest year as a pitcher in 1937, when he won 67 of 71 games for Cincinnati Pohlars Café, he returned to pitch the team to a world title in 1938. Kirkendall, who once fired 128 straight scoreless innings, pitched the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons consecutive world titles in 1945, 1946 and 1947. Noted for playing softball in every state along with Canada, Cuba and Puerto Rico, Kirkendall helped guide aToronto-based team to the Canadian championship before finally hanging up his cleats. Among his diamond feats was a record for pitching the most innings in a game – 33 – while striking out 67. Kirkendall, who played in 11 world tournaments during his career, received the ultimate honor his sport offers when he was inducted into the National Softball Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. He was posthumously awarded the Ohio Softball Hall of Fame trophy, which was accepted by his wife and daughter, during a ceremony in Columbus.